Tubular Bells, revisited.

[Big Tabs]

Finally remembered and found the record (but not the c.d?)

3rd U.K. pressing apparently. Coloured labels.

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Mike Oldfield ‎– Tubular Bells
Label:
Virgin ‎– V2001
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo
Country:
UK
Released:
1974
Genre:
Rock

 

[Gerard124]

I have a CD of Tubular Bells given away free with a newspaper in a cardboard sleeve. It sounds rather excellent to my ears.

Also have several original vinyl copies knocking about.

 

[Seeker_UK]

I have a CD of Tubular Bells given away free with a newspaper in a cardboard sleeve. It sounds rather excellent to my ears.

If it's the DM giveaway, it's worth having as it's a unique mastering, being the Red Book layer from the SACD.

 

[Seeker_UK]

This might be of interest - the last scene of Tony Palmer's "All You Need is Love" documentary.

Tony presented Mike as the future of rock. Well, it was 1975...

 

[Gerard124]

If it's the DM giveaway, it's worth having as it's a unique mastering, being the Red Book layer from the SACD.

That's the one.

PS - not a DM reader!

 

[Seeker_UK]

That's the one.

PS - not a DM reader!

Me neither, but I needed a copy of that disc. Luckily my mum buys that rag.

 

[Big Tabs]

If it's the DM giveaway, it's worth having as it's a unique mastering, being the Red Book layer from the SACD.

Ooh. Thanks for that information.

I think I have one of those. Just got to find the c.d. now.

 

[Big Tabs]

Found it !

I picked it up from the Headway charity shop for 25p.

Didn’t release it was a remaster. Definitely giving it a spin later.

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Mike Oldfield ‎– Tubular Bells
Label:
Upfront ‎– UPT 001, The Mail On Sunday ‎– UPT 001
Format:
CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
UK
Released:
22 Apr 2007
Genre:
Rock

 

[Big Tabs]

@Seeker_UK

I think you will find this interesting.

The Mail On Sunday copy (2007) is the 2000 remaster, so I had a look on Discogs at other issues from that year and found that the 2000 remaster was issued as a HDCD.
This is what I saw >

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Mike Oldfield ‎– Tubular Bells
Label:
Virgin ‎– 7243 8 49388 26, Virgin ‎– 7243 8 49388 2 6, Virgin ‎– CDVR2001
Series:
Mike Oldfield Remastered HDCD –
Format:
CD, HDCD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
Europe
Released:
2000

So I put the freebie promo copy from 2007 in my Arcam Alpha 9…
The red light has lit up, this means it is a HDCD!
(unless I am making some mistake, but I don’t think so, the red light only comes on if I put a HDCD in the Arcam cdp.)

I am going to edit the Discogs entry to include the HDCD format, but apart from the red light on the Arcam, I am unsure as to how to prove it as there is no mention of HDCD on the c.d. or sleeve. It does mention that it is a digital remaster published in 2000.

 

[Big Tabs]

Done.

Somebody will ask me to revert it no doubt, I find there is too many guidelines to read and understand on Discogs sometimes.
Hey! It’s the weekend

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Mike Oldfield ‎– Tubular Bells
Label:
Upfront ‎– UPT 001, The Mail On Sunday ‎– UPT 001
Format:
CD, HDCD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered
Country:
UK
Released:
22 Apr 2007
Genre:
Rock

 

[Seeker_UK]

@Big Tabs

Thanks for pointing that out, I never knew.

To confirm, I banged it into Foobar and it reports as an HDCD, so yep, it is.

So I ran both the MOS and 2000 HDCD reissue through DR database and apart from a slight difference in peak values, they have the same dynamic range so, would seem to be the same issue which is different to what the SH forum reported a few years ago which states that it's the Stereo track from the DSD remaster used on the SACD (not the hybird though ). https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/thre...dfield-tubular-bells-cd-version.148446/page-5

Anyway neither sound as good to these ears as the Virgin '84 issue.

 

[Big Tabs]

Thanks for pointing that out, I never knew.

I didn’t know till I discovered it 6 hours ago.

What does MOS mean?

 

[Seeker_UK]

I didn’t know till I discovered it 6 hours ago.

What does MOS mean?

Mail on Sunday.

I thought it might have got mangled in the PFM swear filter.